Remsen Village, also formerly known as Rugby, is a neighborhood in central
Brooklyn,
New York City
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. It comprises the eastern part of the larger neighborhood of
East Flatbush
East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; Brownsville and East 98th Street to the east; Flatlands, Canarsie and the Lon ...
area, and is administered by
Brooklyn Community Board 17.
Name
Although it has been described as a "subsection of the larger
East Flatbush
East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; Brownsville and East 98th Street to the east; Flatlands, Canarsie and the Lon ...
neighborhood," with an estimated 60,000 residents.
it has it own identity as "the Remsen Village neighborhood of Brooklyn" and also as "Rugby-Remsen Village.
Use of the name ''Remsen Village'' by residents and local organizations began before the 1970s,
but more widespread use appears to have originated in the mid-1990s, with identification continuing a decade later and into 2019.
The name "Rugby" (also the name of a road within the area) was described in 2016 by the New York Times as "the old name for the area."
Location
Related to the above namings are references such as
* "Remsen Village, located between East Flatbush and Brownsville."
* "Remsen Village (East Flatbush)/Canarsie"
* "the Remsen Village section of East Flatbush"
Population
Remsen Village's population
[ is over one third of Brooklyn Community Board 17's, the administrative unit to which it belongs, along with "East Flatbush, ... Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus and Ditmas Village."
]
Geographic recognition
The name is used as a geographic unit in Brooklyn
encompassing a 2+ mile distance.
Government recognition
* The New York City Department of City Planning
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lists Remsen Village as being part of District 17,
* NYS Assemblymember Diana C. Richardson (Assembly District 43) identified her district as including East Flatbush, Northeast Flatbush, Rugby, Farragut/Hyde Park, Remsen Village, Ditmas Village
History
Two Remsen lanes
Brooklyn has a Remsen Street in one neighborhood (Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, an ...
), and a Remsen Avenue in another ( Canarsie); both are named after a Dutch family "that was among the early settlers of"
Lower-case neighborhood
One real-estate source referred to Flatbush having "eleven neighborhoods"[ "many no larger than a few square blocks;" Remsen Village is much larger.]
See also
* East Flatbush, Brooklyn
East Flatbush is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. East Flatbush is bounded by Crown Heights and Empire Boulevard to the north; Brownsville and East 98th Street to the east; Flatlands, Canarsie and the Lon ...
References
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Neighborhoods in Brooklyn
East Flatbush, Brooklyn